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IIT Madras is the Chennai Champion!

- Will represent the city at the National Finals of the prestigious Sweden India Nobel Memorial Quiz 2015 in Delhi on October 16 -August 30, Chennai: IIT Madras won the Chennai qualifying round of The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Quiz at the Indian Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai

The team of three comprising Rusabh Menon, Ananth Sundararaman & Gerloe Nirmalan did their college proud by winning the Chennai finals where 83 teams had participated. Mr Mikael Johansson,First Secretary, Political Affairs, Embassy of Sweden handed out the prizes at the intercollegiate quiz competition which saw avid quizzers from across reputed colleges and technical Institutes of the city.

The Quiz was conducted by Quiz Master Kunal Savarkar.
Winners of the Chennai round will represent the city at the National Finals which will be held in New Delhi on October 16, 2015.Apart from Chennai, the Quiz will also be held in Indore, Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Guwahati, Ahmedabad and New Delhi. The first two qualifying rounds were held in Indore and Pune.National winners will get an all-expense paid trip to Sweden where they will visit headquarters of global Swedish companies, Swedish Universities and the Nobel Museum among other things.

The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week is a high-profile, multi-city, multi-activity annual event organized by the Embassy of Sweden in India in cooperation with Swedish companies. The Week is instituted in memory of Swedish innovator, entrepreneur & philanthropist Alfred Nobel and celebrates the Indian Nobel Laureates as well.
The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week 2014 is the ninth edition of the week, which will take place across ten cities Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Ahmedabad and New Delhi from August 12 to October 16, 2015.